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Kaspersky Lab discovers Android malware that infects PCs

The securelist.com blog run by anti-virus specialists Kaspersky Lab has discovered a malicious Android app that targeted the user’s computer as well as their phone.

Consumers who downloaded an app called ‘Superclean’ or ‘DroidCleaner’ risked infecting their desktop computer with malware.

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HTC quarterly results show a drop in profit

Financial results from HTC show revenue of NT$60.0 billion (£1.29 billion) and net income of  NT$1.0 billion (£21.5 million) for the final quarter of 2012, as anticipated in the company’s preliminary announcement last month.

That’s a drop in profit of more than 90% year-on-year.

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Goodbye RIM, hello BlackBerry

Mark Bridge writes:

Apple launches a new product and BlackBerry pushes it out of the headlines. Who’d have thought it, eh?

Yes, Apple’s new $799 128GB iPad didn’t get much of a mention in the mobile press last week - thanks to the new BlackBerry 10 platform and two new smartphones. Memories of Stephen Bates’s awkward BBC interviews were soon forgotten as the touchscreen Z10 appeared and quickly hit the shelves of UK retailers.

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